"If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army's chief of staff, told The Associated Press this past week.
Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams(tanks).
It is only supporting the base of a few towns that spend the money on these tanks, these are the same people who vote for free-market reform.